LSAT 133 – Section 3 – Question 04

LSAT 133 - Section 3 - Question 04

June 2011

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT133 S3 Q04
+LR
Point at issue: disagree +Disagr
Value Judgment +ValJudg
A
97%
163
B
2%
153
C
1%
152
D
0%
148
E
1%
151
129
136
144
 +Easier 147.69 +SubsectionMedium

Sam: Mountain lions, a protected species, are preying on bighorn sheep, another protected species. We must let nature take its course and hope the bighorns survive.

Meli: Nonsense. We must do what we can to ensure the survival of the bighorn, even if that means limiting the mountain lion population.

Speaker 1 Summary

Sam doesn’t make an argument, instead just claiming without support that humans should not intervene when one protected species (mountain lions) is preying on another protected species (bighorn sheep).

Speaker 2 Summary

Meli states the opinion that humans should ensure bighorn sheep survive, even if that requires taking action against mountain lions. This also isn’t an argument, because Meli doesn’t offer any support.

Objective

We need to find a point of disagreement between Sam and Meli. The two disagree about whether or not humans should intervene to protect bighorn sheep from mountain lions.

A
Humans should not intervene to protect bighorn sheep from mountain lions.

Sam agrees with this, but Meli disagrees, meaning that this is the point of disagreement. Sam states that humans should “let nature take its course,” meaning not intervene, while Meli says that humans should take action to protect the sheep.

B
The preservation of a species as a whole is more important than the loss of a few individuals.

Neither speaker offers an opinion. Sam and Meli’s discussion is about what role people should take in a specific predator-prey dynamic, not about overall principles of species preservation.

C
The preservation of a predatory species is easier to ensure than the preservation of the species preyed upon.

Neither speaker talks about this. Firstly, neither Sam nor Meli discusses which species is easier to preserve between mountain lions and bighorn sheep. Second, they also never discuss general principles applicable to all species.

D
Any measures to limit the mountain lion population would likely push the species to extinction.

Neither speaker makes this claim. Only Meli talks about potentially taking measures to limit the mountain lion population, but never mentions a risk or likelihood of extinction.

E
If the population of mountain lions is not limited, the bighorn sheep species will not survive.

Neither speaker claims this. Meli is the only speaker who mentions limiting the mountain lion population, but even that is only meant as a potential measure that could be taken, not as a necessary step to saving bighorn sheep.

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